Snowball Peppermint Playdough is the perfect winter-weather craft recipe to make with your kids!
We have always loved making playdough (see my original recipe here), but we especially love making seasonal-themed playdough. Pumpkin Pie Playdough is our favorite for fall!
This Snowball Peppermint Playdough is perfect for Christmas or any other winter theme.
In addition to being easy to make (using ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen), it’s also cute enough to give as a gift!
Free Printable Gift Tags
If you do decide to use this recipe for gifts, be sure to download your free printable gift tags here! I printed mine off on card stock, cut them out, and taped them to the Mason jar lid. The tags were the perfect size for the jar lids I was using.
Download the Printable Gift Tags Here!
Snowball Peppermint Playdough
If you want to mix up a large batch of playdough (for multiple kids), try the amounts in this recipe. For this post, I’m making a smaller amount (still the same recipe, just a smaller amount). This made enough to fill two small jars with playdough.
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Ingredients:
- 1 cup white flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon oil (any liquid vegetable oil will work)
- 10 drops peppermint essential oil
- silver glitter
- Mason jars or other containers (I used these)
Instructions:
- Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat and stir constantly for about 3 to 5 minutes. It will look runny and begin to form into a ball as you cook and stir it. (Even if it looks too watery, just keep stirring and cooking it.)
- After it forms into a ball in the center of the pot and you can no longer stir it (it will get very thick), remove the pan from the heat.
- Remove the dough from the pan and knead in the peppermint essential oil and the glitter.
- Cool and store in an airtight container.
- If you’re giving these as a gift, print off the free gift tags and attach to the jars, and add some snowflake cookie cutters!
Printable Recipe
Snowball Peppermint Playdough
Ingredients
- 1 cup white flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 10 drops peppermint essential oil
- glitter
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat and stir constantly for about 3 to 5 minutes. It will look runny and begin to form into a ball as you cook and stir it. (Even if it looks too watery, just keep stirring and cooking it.)
- After it forms into a ball in the center of the pot and you can no longer stir it (it will get very thick), remove the pan from the heat. (Don't cook it too long, or it will be dry.)
- Remove the dough from the pan and knead in the peppermint essential oil and the glitter.
- Cool and store in an airtight container.
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I am very interested in making some of this Play Dough for my grandson. However, I cannot find the link to print off the labels. I have clicked everything and have gotten no where. Please help me.
Deborah, I am so sorry I’m just now seeing this! And I apologize for the missing link. It was apparently removed by a plugin on my blog, and I had no idea it had been removed. I have added the link back into the post, and I’ll add it here also: get the snowball playdough labels here
I love this idea! I have never seen or smelled playdough that smells wonderful! I can only imagine how fun it would be to play with playdough that smells like peppermint!
Somehow the peppermint scent makes it more fun! 🙂
This looks fantastic… I will have to look into this for Christmas in July (an Aussie excuse for two Christmas seasons a year!)… Found via #WWBlogHop 🙂
Glad you stopped by, Emery! Christmas in July sounds like a great idea! 🙂
I can almost smell it now! Thanks for sharing on Homestead Blog Hop!
Thanks Liz!
MMM I bet this smells great! My kids would love it!
Kids love scented playdough! 🙂